Example sentences of "in [indef pn] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Circumcision ( 4:24–26 ) : Moses failed to circumcise his son — and God can not overlook disobedience , even in one he has chosen . |
| 2 | Maria Iñes was dumpy and talkative ; Maria Teresa was dark and very like João , though not quite so good looking , and Maria de Graça was taller , plainer , and so intent upon winning herself a place in Heaven that she had little conversation for anyone apart from Padre Jorge , an oily man with plump little hands and a great anxiety to be first to agree with Dom João in everything he said . |
| 3 | In everything he said there were wisps of mockery . |
| 4 | The accuracy of his geological maps was legendary , his crisp and lucid style apparent in everything he wrote . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman is wrong in everything he says . |
| 6 | Bones obliged him in everything he asked , even shaking him tenderly back into the saddle when he flew up round his ears or slipped tailwards . |
| 7 | Edward was born on the third of March , and the advent of spring is a constant theme , and symbol of renewal , in everything he has written . |
| 8 | He made a special point of seeking their opinion and their cooperation in everything he undertook on their behalf ; he believed in giving his deaf friends every opportunity of sharing in the organisation of the social and religious life of the Institutes in his care . |
| 9 | Throughout the week , McEnroe MkII was impressive in everything he tried . |
| 10 | In everything he attempted , the religious ingredient , essential from the first , remained paramount . |
| 11 | The keen demand made patronage a double-edged weapon for the politician , who could find himself making enemies as readily as friends unless he proceeded with the utmost caution in everything he attempted . |
| 12 | In everything he did there was a touch of charisma , and , following everything he did , a nagging doubt . |
| 13 | In his autobiography A Little Learning ( 1964 ) Waugh was to observe that at the age of sixteen he noticed that his publisher father , ‘ whom I had grown up to accept with complete simplicity ’ , was in fact a highly gifted actor in everything he did . |
| 14 | Don Bennett led from the front , he excelled in everything he did , eg flying a record-breaking 6,000 miles in Mercury , part of the Short Mayo composite , the setting-up and operation of the Atlantic Ferry during 1940 , bringing much-needed aircraft from North America to the UK . |
| 15 | Not in everything he did . |
| 16 | ‘ What could be less noble in reason , ’ he wrote , ‘ less infinite in faculty , than that man , despite his potentialities , should have fallen into such error in the use of himself , and in this way brought about such a lowering in his standard of functioning that in everything he attempts to accomplish , these harmful conditions tend to become more and more exaggerated . |
| 17 | And so , unable either to believe in the significance of what he was doing or to regard it with indifference as an empty formality , all the time he was preparing for the sacrament he was conscious of a feeling of discomfort and shame in taking part in something he did not understand , which was therefore , an inner voice told him , deceitful and wrong of him . |
| 18 | There was n't one word of commendation in anything he had ever said to her . |
| 19 | I have never not been happy with him in anything he has done . ’ |